Interconvertible coverlet and wrapper.



I. M. M. E. HBNER;

INTBRQONVERTIBLE GOVBRLBT AND WBPPE.

lvuPLIoATmN FILED Hum. 191s. f. f'

1,102,408. Y Patented July 7, 1914 2 SHEETS-summe 1.

I. M. M. E. HBNBRL A INTBBGONVERTIBLE GOVERLET AND WRAPPEB.. APPLICATIONIILBD P IIB. 5, 1913.

Patented July 7, 19M

IDA* MARIE MAXIMILIANE ERNESTINE HBNEB, OF DRESDEN, GERMANY.

INTERCONVERTIBLE COVERLET .AND WRAPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented July 7, 1.914,.

Application mea February s, 1913. serial no. 146,350.

To all l'whom t may concern Be it known that I, IDA MARIE MAXIMI- vLiannERNESTINE I-IBNER, a. citizen of 'the German Empire, and residing at 13Frstenstrasse, Dresden-A., Kingdom of Saxony Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Interconvertible Coverlets andWrappers, whereof the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a coverlet for aCouch, cot or bed, chiefly for hospitals, sanatoriums and the like,which coverlet will not 01111501 completely Cover the'patient, whenrecum ent, and at the same time also allow of his free movements,particularly of his arms, but will besides allow of being used as agarment by the patient when he rises.

The advantage obtained by the Coverlet according to the presentinvention consists in that the patient is not only covered in ahygienically satisfactory manner, while he is lying in bed, but that thechanging from a. recumbent to a standing position may be effectedwithout danger of his cooling down or the necessity of his having toChange his 'arments The obj ect of the presentinvention is obtained byproviding a Coverlet having an opening for the neck of the patient withslits through which he may pass his hands, and with Covering means suchas sleeves or lapels over these slits. When the coverlet has acounterpane, the sleeves are formed by tubular attachments on the inner(under side of the counterpane, and these tubular attachments are thendrawn through the slits in the coverlet and slits in the upper side ofthe counterpane. The arrangement may, however, also be such,'that boththe Coverlet and also the Counterpane are provided with sleeves.

Fiure 1 represents a longitudinal section bf this invention in itspreferred form havino' sleeves which adapt 1t for`use as a wrapper andprovided with a sleeved covering which serves as a counterpanewhen thedevice is used as a Coverlet. Fig. 2 represents a similar section inwhich the sleeves are omitted from the body of'the Coverlet or garment.Fig. 2a shows an enlarged view of the sleeved connection of thecounterpane shown in' Fig. 2. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectionof the garment coverlet, the Covering shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 beingomitted and the neck Vbeing provided with a b1b Iand thepocket with adetachable linmg: Fig. 4t, represents a plan or front elevation'o thedevice in the form of a coverlet. F1 4 represents a plan of a fra ent of the ody a showing a scye slit'tleliein covered by a lapel. Fig. 4brepresents a transverse section thereof. Fig. 5 represents alongitudinal section of one form of the garment Coverlet. Fig. 6represents the lnterconvertlble garment coverlet for use as a wrapper insitting position. Fig. 7 repesents the same for use in standing posiion.The same reference characters indicate Correspondingparts in thedifferent gures. The body a of this garment coverlet is made ofCamelhair, wool or other suitable material and is 4preferably bound witha braid b. This body is provided at one end,

preferably about midway of its width with a longitudinal slot alextending downward or inward a substantial distance from the upper edgeof the body and provided at its inner end with an enlargement 0. Thisslot divides the upper end of the body and forms on opposite sidesthereof two substantial back wings e, which when the article is used asa wrapper or garment extend over the shoulders and across and down theback forming a lung protector.v The enlargement at the inner end of theslot d constitutes in such use a neck opening disposed a lsubstantialdistance below the top of the body.

Means are provided for fastening the back wings or lung rotectors invwrapping position over the s oulders and down the back. The means hereinshown are two snap buttons parts g of which are located at the outerCorners of said shoulder wings and the counterparts g adjacent to theneck opening-C. Means are also provided for folding upward andsuspending around the waist the lower end of the body a when it is usedas a garment for the patient in standing position. The means shown forthis purpose comprise two holes o at the lower corners of the body a, yaloop 02 on the inner face thereof, and a'pwaist cord or belt 0. threadedthrough said holes and the loop and adapted to encirclegthe waist asindicated in Fig. 7. The body a is also provided below the shoulderWings e with two slots f which constitute seyes for the passage of thearms. Means are provided for j lA coverlet bo or 1ape1s"g'- .as lshownin Figs. 4* and 4". a The sleeves; arel 'preferably f provided at theirfrontends ,with-means for preventingtheentrance of' cold air at thewrist, such-1 for instance as a gathering string It; Orr the coverlet,body 'a are Falso arranged pockets z', which 'may be provided with anvlexchangeable lining k. vThis liningis buttpnedto' buttons Z sewn tothe coverlet'ir thepocket and may be exchanged .at any time,fand wlllprevent' thcov'erlet proper being* soiled by' andkerchi'efs,"sputum ousforf-.the like placed in toythe Pockets." increasing the sa' l of someimpe'rmeabliaa materia f furt'hen preparation, when the patientrise'all.that is4 necessary is to -pull'a cord 0"aro1'ind tliewai'st.

.Figs 4* :and 4b' illustrate the arrangement ofa-lapel g1I which isattachedto the slit Yf in' the coverlet, so" that -thisslit is entirelycovered by the'said lapel whenthehands ory arms are not'passedthroughlit, and thereby closed against, theentrance of cold'air and thelike. The lapell mayv also; be provided with a "buttonhole 'buttoningover a button on the-'faveurs whereby a will be heldin I suchclosingposition.

lIn Fig. 2 'the body a is` provided with a cover 1t, lwhereof the innerface serves as a liningwhensaid body is used as a wrapper andjthe4'outer or either face serves as a counterpanewhen the body is used as acoverlet.' -To the inner layer of the cover n Ais sewnla sleeve g. Thissleeve is drawn from thepositionindicated by dotted lines ing Sla-inthethronghlthe slit f and'through a correspondoutside of the cover n. Forpreventing thev4 sleeve from being drawn back, when the armis withdrawn,the sleeve is preferably secured to the edge of the slit of the outsideof the counterpane. This may, for instance, be done by means of a i cordlaced in a zig-zag `line vas shown in Fig.

' slit 2 through -the scallops of the counterpane and the sleeverespectively.' The sleeve will thus forma protection for the edge ofthef in the coverlet, and these edges can therefore not .be soiled andinfected by germs of the disease of the patient, waste products, sputumand the like, when he passes his hand and arm through the slit.

In Fig. 1 the coverlet body a and the cover both have sleeves. Here thecoverlet a has a sleeve g, the cover n has a sleeve g1 attached to itsunderside, which sleeve is drawn through the slit f in the coverlet aand is folded over the edge of the sleeve g.l To the front side vof thecover n, is attached a sleeve g2, the front end of which is secured bysuitable means, for instance knotting, lacing and fthe, chest section ofis-folded over the edg o'r'yjstill `further i ety the-lining maybe madesputum. y as' herein'before described, which will entirelycoverthepatient", while lhe is in a vrecumbent (position,may serv f e` as athe like, to the'folded over edge the coverlet body a is provided with asort .of bib m at the neck. This bib is made of an impermeable materialand is buttoned to the coverlet. Its edge e of the neck hole c, andbuttoned on the lnside to the coverlet.

This bib will serve to protect the coverlet from being soiled by contactwith thegpla-y tient is and prevent its being infected by v1 claim:

interc'onvertible coverlet and wrapper comprising a substantially;vrectangular bodyk adapted to cover a couc ,cot or bed `andv providedwith yslits in its fupper art adapted v"to" constitute scyes and with ane ongatedslotextending a substantial distance inward or downward fromtheupper edge protected-against its being soiled,A

of said body and having an enlargement at its lower or inner end adaptedto form a neck opening disposed a substantial distance belowi said upperedge, said enlarged elongated slot forming vwlngs on its opposite sides`adapted inthe use of the article as a wrapper` to constitute-back flapsextending downward over the back.

2. An interconvertible coverlet and wrapper comprising a substantiallyvrectangular -body adapted to cover a couch, cot or bed and provlded withslits in its upper part adapted to constitute scyes and with anelongated enlarged slot at its upper end adapted to form back coveringwings and a neck opening, and means for supportin the lower end of saidbody at the front t ereof at the waistline and forming two front used asa wrapper, leaving free the feet.

An interconvertible `coverlet for a couch, cot or bed and 'wrappercomprising a substantially rectangular body adapted to cover a couch,cot or bed and provided with slits in its upper part adapted toconstitute scyes and with an elongated enlarged slot at its upper endadapted to form back covering wings and a neck opening, and a covercorresponding in shape to 'said rectangular body and provided with scyeslits and a slot corresponding with the slits and slot of said body,said cover being adapted to form a lining when the article is used as agarment and acounterpane when the article is used as a coverlet. v

4. 1in-interconvertible coverlet and wrapper comprising a substantiallyrectangular body adapted to cover a couch, cot or bed and provided withslitsin its upper part adapted to constitute scyes, with sleevessurrounding `said Ascyes and enlarged slot extending downward from andwith an elongated its upper end and adapted to 4form back covering Wingsand a neck opening, and a. cover corresponding in shape to saidreetangular body and provided with seye slits 5 and a slot correspondingwith the slits and slot of said body and with elongated sleeves at itsscye slits, extending through the sleeves of said body and adapted to beturned back thereover, seid cover being adapted to Jorrn 10 a liningwhen the article is used as a, garment and a counterpane when thearticle is used as a Coverlet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. n

IDA MARIE MAXIMILIANE ERNESTINE HBNER.

Witnesses:

OTTO HOEFF, GUSTAV MLLER.

